Publication summary
74% 109 analyzed articles/videos 94,321 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Truthout results contain 54 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Biased Writer Voice , and Appeal to Emotion , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.2% saturation with 56,039 hits . Analysis detected 501,030 faulty-reasoning hits from 457,945 analyzed words across 109 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 55% (185 of 410 publications). This Truthout is worse (more manipulative) than 55.00% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 457,945
Article count: 109
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
55% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 55.0% percentile 2.0% BS Score109 analyzed articles457.9K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 10.0% 10.0% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Publication 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 8.8% 8.8% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 12.2% 12.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Politically Left Leaning … Sitewide 2.0% Publication 7.2% 7.2% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 1.0% 1.0% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 1.9% 1.9% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Publication 9.5% 9.5% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Publication 10.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 12.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 8.8%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 3.7%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 9.5%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Publication 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 7.7%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 5.8%, sitewide 7.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Publication 7.2%, sitewide 2.0% In-Group Bias: Publication 1.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Publication 2.7%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 3.0%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 3.1% Indoctrination: Publication 2.9%, sitewide 0.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 1.4%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.5%, sitewide 2.5% Pessimism Bias: Publication 2.3%, sitewide 1.9% Bandwagon: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst